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A. HALL.

CARTRIDGE. No. 173,538.

Patented Feb. 15,1876.

ALBERT HALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN CARTRIDGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l73,53,datcd February15, 1876; application filed January 22, 1876.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to an improved method of securing the anvil to theshell of shot-gun cartridges; and consists in securing the anvil byprojecting points or studs in recesses of the shell, and holding thesame by a sheetmetal cap-piece at the base of the shell.

In the drawing, A represents the paper shell of a cartridge forshot-guns, and B the cap-piece that is spun or pressed around the basepart of the shell to re-enforce the same. The anvil 0 extendsdiametrically around the shell, and is firmly secured thereto byprojecting side spurs or points a, that pierce the shell, and by toppoints or studs 1), that are fitted into recesses of the shell." Thecentral projecting part (1 of the anvil extends through the perforatedsocket-head of the cap-holding cavity, to be there brought into contactwith the percussion-cap seated in the socket. The base-encirclingcap-piece B binds the anvil rigidly to the shell, and imparts therebythe degree of solidity and resistance'required for the discharging ofthe cartridge.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination, with paper shell A and cap B, of adiametrical anvil, O, secured by side spurs a, that pierce the shell,by, top studs 1),

that fit recesses of shell, and by central projection d, that passesthrough perforated head of cap, as and for the purpose specified.

ALBERT HALL. Witnesses. T

PAUL GOEPEL, T. B. MOSHER.

